English: Starfern.
Genus: 7 to 450 species.
Clades: Cheilanthoideae; Pteridaceae.
Region: tropical America.
Habitat: along cracks and crevices in driftwood or stone layouts; prefers higher humidity levels along with medium lighting as basic care needs.
Use: terrarium fern.

BotanyFern; epiphytic; sprouting via fiddle heads from its rhizome.
Leaves: pinnate, with 3 to 5 lobed pinnae.

TaxonomyThe division of the subfamily Cheilanthoideae into genera varies greatly between sources as of January 2020. Christenhusz et al. (2011), the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I), and the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World divide the subfamily into 20 or more genera, of which one is Hemionitis sensu stricto.
In 2018 Christenhusz and Plants of the World Online use Hemionitis sensu lato as a catch-all genus for the subfamily, resulting in about 450 species.